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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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